WO2004027514A2 - Ecran de visualisation a rendement eleve - Google Patents

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WO2004027514A2
WO2004027514A2 PCT/US2003/029353 US0329353W WO2004027514A2 WO 2004027514 A2 WO2004027514 A2 WO 2004027514A2 US 0329353 W US0329353 W US 0329353W WO 2004027514 A2 WO2004027514 A2 WO 2004027514A2
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  • the present invention is directed to viewing screens, sometimes referred to as projection-screens, imaging-screens, or diffusion-screens. More particularly, the present invention is directed to a viewing screen having high resolution, low cost, high transmittance, low retroreflection effects, and high ambient light rejection.
  • Buchner (US 997,899 and US 1,666,808) describes daylight projection screens based on lenticular elements along with an overall absorbing filter for enhanced daylight readability.
  • Sbimizu (US 1,942,841) describes a lenticular screen with an absorbing filter having clear apertures for passing the projected light.
  • Land (US 2,180,113) describes a non-depolarizing diffusion screen made up of an emulsion between transparent plates, wherein the emulsion consists of a plurality of light transparent media having different indices of refraction, each several microns in diameter, forming an overall layer thickness of about 10 mils.
  • MacNeille (US 2,362,573) describes a front projection screen having a circular polarizer with clear apertures. Projected light, after being polarized, strikes a lenticular element with a reflective coating at the back side of the screen.
  • Ambient light then passes back through the clear apertures.
  • Ambient light is first circularly polarized, and then attains the opposite polarization sense after reflection from the back side of the lenticular element. Since the ambient light is off-axis, it will not exit through the aperture, and therefore will be absorbed.
  • Jelley et al. (US 2,364,369 and US 2,380,241) describe the combination of diffuser and circular polarizer. Both surface diffusers (Fig. 4 of the '369) and volume diffusers (Fig. 5 of the '241) are described.
  • Staehle et al. (US 2,378,252) describe the use of embedding spheres into a black absorptive layer that resides on a transparent substrate. Ideally, the spheres and the substrate have similar refractive indices in order to prevent total internal reflection within a sphere.
  • Miller (US 3,279,314) describes an array of flat-topped conical projections, having there imposed a reflective coating (except for the flat-top), followed by either an absorptive coating on the projections, or by filling in the regions between projections with absorptive material. Additionally, the projections can have an additional diffusing element on their tips.
  • Northrop (US 3,437,405) describes fibers generally aligned, running parallel to the screen surface, and embedded within a resin, providing divergence predominately in one axis.
  • Petersen et al. (US 5,609,939) describe recording a three dimensional interference pattern into a photosensitive film using coherent light that has passed through a holographic diffuser.
  • the resulting surface structure exhibits controllable scattering characteristics and very high resolution properties.
  • Abileah et al. (US 5,629,784) describe a direct view liquid crystal display, wherein films are placed on the viewer-side of the liquid crystals, either interior or exterior to the front polarizer (i.e. analyzer).
  • the film stack comprises a refracting film having facets, and thereafter an optional diffuser.
  • the diffuser can have a rough surface facing the viewer, or can be of the holographic type.
  • PSSE polarization sensitive scattering element
  • Clabborn (US 6,123,877) describes the fabrication of a symmetrical diffuser followed by stretching to provide asymmetrical viewing angles.
  • Chou et al. (US 6, 163,402) describe the use of a volume diffuser and a linear polarizer, whereby the diffuser passes a portion of light without changing the incident polarization, and substantially depolarizes incident light that is laterally scattered, which is subsequently absorbed in the polarizer, thereby minimizing loss of resolution.
  • the volume diffuser is constructed from particles dispersed within a binder.
  • a laminate is proposed having AR and anti-smudge coatings in the front, the diffuser towards the rear, and either a matte surface or AR coating on the surface where projected light is incident.
  • Allen et al. (US 6,239,907) describe the construction of a rear projection screen by use of a dispersive birefringent element to independently control the amount of divergence in each axis.
  • Harada et al. (US 6,381 ,068) describes the construction of a front projection screen utilizing a reflective polarizer element in combination with a diffusing element and/or a glare suppression element.
  • Fischer (US 3,840,695) describes a liquid crystal display that utilizes a light scattering film or foil above the analyzer (i.e. closest to the viewer) enabling wide angles when used in combination with collimated backlight (e.g. 3M louver film and a fluorescent lamp).
  • collimated backlight e.g. 3M louver film and a fluorescent lamp.
  • Bigelow (US 4,171,874) details an arrangement similar to Fischer, except a point source of light is used.
  • One embodiment of the present invention employs a volume diffuser in combination with several other components to provide a high resolution, low cost, high transmittance screen.
  • the other combinations of components collectively referred to herein as an "optical stack,” act to, among other things, provide high ambient light rejection.
  • the overall combination provides quality attributes desired in a viewing screen.
  • the present invention provides a viewing screen having high transmittance of polarized light from an LCD, while maintaining high ambient light rejection through the use of a polarizer, a volume diffuser, and optical coupling to eliminate fresnel reflections. It is noted that a significant aspect of the present invention is that the achieved high efficiency is a result of, at least in part, the use of a diffuser that exhibits minimal birefringence. Further, an antireflection means on the output surface is employed (e.g. thin film interference coating, motheye feature), specifically avoiding textured antiglare surface treatments, which only serve to worsen diffuse reflectance.
  • an antireflection means on the output surface is employed (e.g. thin film interference coating, motheye feature), specifically avoiding textured antiglare surface treatments, which only serve to worsen diffuse reflectance.
  • an index-coupled laminated viewing screen comprising a non- birefringent diffuser and a polarizer.
  • the non-birefringent diffuser receives information-coded, collimated, polarized light from the display, and increases the divergence to meet the viewing angle requirements of a given application. This light of greater divergence is further passed through a polarizer, which acts to reject ambient light in the viewer's environment.
  • the non-birefringent properties of such a diffuser gives rise to high optical throughput, and excellent uniformity.
  • the screen is index-coupled from input to output to reduce fresnel reflections, improving both throughput and ambient light rejection.
  • one aspect of this invention relates to the use of diffusers that are essentially birefringence-free. Since this can be construed as a non-specific term, a definition will be provided based on references to prior art. Further, since many diffusers are polymer-based, the definitions have been tailored to the control of birefringent effects with the materials and manufacturing processes of optical polymers.
  • Prest (US 4,373,065) describes some of the basic concepts related to birefringence: (Col 1, lines 23-29) Birefringence of the sample is determined by finding the indices of refraction of the sample for polarized light in one direction and that for polarized light in a direction perpendicular to the first direction. The differences in the two indices of refraction is the birefringence of the sample material.
  • Caruso et al. (US 6,248,859) describes the birefringence issue within polymers as follows (Col. 2, line 50 - 61) : "....birefringence in an article molded from a polymeric material is related to orientation and deformation of its constituent polymer chains. Birefringence has several sources, including the structure and physical properties of the polymer material, the degree of molecular orientation in the polymer material and thermal stresses in the processed polymer material. For example, the birefringence of a molded optical article is determined, in part, by the molecular structure of its constituent polymer and the processing conditions, such as the forces applied during mold filling and cooling, used in its fabrication which can create thermal stresses and orientation of the polymer chains.”
  • Koike (US 6,201 ,045) defines non-birefringence (Col. 1 , lines 14-17) as
  • Koike also provides a well-organized thesis on the methods used to achieve non-birefringence in optical resins comprising unique polymer blends and the following processing approaches (Col. 3 lines 34-39) "A method of molding so as not to cause orientation in the polymer; which is a method adopted based on experience and for eliminating orientation upon molding, for example, by using casting, conducting extrusion molding at a greatly lowered extruding speed or further using biaxial stretching.”
  • the constraint on lateral scattering is relaxed by using a diffuser in which the laterally scattered light is preferentially depolarized and absorbed by the polarizing element of the screen assembly. Relaxing this constraint allows a thicker diffuser to be used. Accordingly, a screen that has a high resolution (MD) can be constructed which also has low color and speckle. By purposefully allowing a significant portion of depolarizing lateral scattering, it is easier to select a formulation at least as thick as the threshold thickness.
  • the diffusing element which otherwise substantially preserves polarization of the diffused light, is combined with an absorbing polarizer, it can be used as a rear projection screen to display a high- resolution, artifact-free projected polarized image.
  • the '402 patent addresses the issue of reducing speckle by increasing the diffusion of the screen, while limiting the resultant degradation in resolution by absorbing lateral scattering. It is believed that this method of speckle-reduction results in unfavorable losses in efficiency, when speckle-reduction can be addressed in other ways; e.g. within the light source (US 6,445,487), perturbating a light path within the projector (US 3,262,359, US 4,035,068, US 4,155, 630), perturbating the position of a fold mirror (US 6,317,169) or the screen itself (US 5,272,473) or even via a specially-recorded (polarization preserving) holographic screen (US 6,268,941).
  • the object of the present invention is to provide, in combination, a high efficiency, high resolution, high ambient-light-rejecting screen.
  • Clarex DR-111C Light Diffusion Filter a backlight diffuser from Astra Products (Baldwin, NY) called Clarex DR-111C Light Diffusion Filter, has characteristics that are consistent with the principles of the preferred embodiment of the present invention.
  • Clarex is a registered trademark of Nitto Jushi Kogyo Co. Ltd. (Tokyo, Japan). BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
  • FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a screen employing a non-birefringent surface diffuser for a direct-view application in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is the measured collimation of backlight used with a 10.4" diagonal
  • FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a screen employing a non-birefringent volume diffuser for a direct-view application in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a schematic diagram of a screen employing a non-birefringent volume diffuser for rear projection application in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram of a screen employing a non-birefringent volume diffuser for front projection application in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIGs. 6-8 are schematic diagrams of a screens employing a surface diffuser along with an intervening air gap in accordance with the present invention. [0051] FIG.
  • FIG. 9 shows a first order reflection model used in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 shows a test setup used and data derived in connection with the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 shows a screen transmittance measurement test setup and data derived in connection with the present invention.
  • FIG. 12 shows a first order screen transmittance model used in accordance with the present invention.
  • FIG. 13 shows a mathematical model and data related to high ambient contrast calculations.
  • FIG. 14 shows a test setup to analyze a screens angular profile in connection with the present invention.
  • FIGs. 15-17 show data derived from screens tested with the setup shown in
  • FIG. 14 shows an exemplary viewing environment for explaining retroreflections.
  • FIG. 19 shows a test setup for measuring retroreflection in connection with the present invention.
  • FIG. 20 shows data gleaned from screens tested with the setup of FIG. 19.
  • FIG. 1 One embodiment of the present invention, shown in FIG. 1, was realized using a surface diffuser, like that described in U.S. patents 6,010,747 and 6,261,664, and manufactured by Wavefront Technology (Paramount, CA).
  • FIG. 1 When used as a direct view screen as shown in FIG. 1 (without the polarizer and AR cover glass), the results were unimpressive in terms of luminance and contrast in ambient lighting.
  • the test setup included the 10.4" XGA resolution LCD in combination with the collimation structure shown in FIGs. 9 & 13 of U.S. Patent 6,428,198, referenced earlier.
  • the fibers used are ESKA 1.5mm diameter, and the light source was a commercial off the shelf Wavien fiber optic illuminator.
  • the resultant collimation incident on the LCD is shown in FIG. 2.
  • a subsequent review of the diffuser using a Fourier scope revealed significant birefringence, thought to be mainly due to the film substrate. When the same diffuser was cast on a low birefringence substrate (cast acrylic), the luminance improvement was significant.
  • An absorbing coating would not have the angular sensitivity of an interference coating.
  • the approach is based on the concept that collimated, information-coded light would pass through a single diffusing feature, whereas the non-collimated ambient light would pass through a plurality of features, striking a significantly greater number of absorbing sites, improving ambient contrast, owing to the greater absorption of ambient light over information-coded light.
  • the resultant film was measured by a Shimadzu UV-3101PC scanning spectrophotometer, registering 85% transmittance and 0.2% reflectance on the matte side and less than 7% reflectance on the clear (backside).
  • the optical density of the absorption coating varies the balance between transmission and reflectance of the film.
  • the absorbing feature can also be integrated within the bulk material of the surface diffuser, or dyed into a depth of the topographic features, or some combination thereof.
  • holographic surface diffusers can be treated with the absorptive coating in the same fashion as described above. Such diffusers are available from Physical Optics Corporation (Torrance, CA), and it was confirmed that "the holographic surface structure does not affect polarization.
  • Such a diffuser preferably comprises the following minimal feature set:
  • Nimbus screen showed high gain and only mild birefringence.
  • the Clarex screen measured ⁇ 90fL head-on, while the Nimbus screen measured ⁇ 700fL.
  • the Clarex was distributing the light over a much larger solid angle.
  • suitable coupling approaches include: (1) inserting a gel (Nye Optical, Fairhaven, MA) or adhesive (Norland Products, Inc., Cranbury, NJ) between two substrates, (2) coating a substrate surface with a thin film deposition; e.g., antireflection coating if the substrate is in contact with air (Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc., Santa Rosa, CA), and (3) modifying a substrate surface with a motheye or other suitable nanostructure (Reflexite, Avon, CT). Especially noticeable was the reduction in diffuse reflectance, which is counterintuitive, since index-matching is generally associated with a reduction in specular reflection. For example, Chou, et al., Col. 12, lines 39-48 highlights the benefit only in specular reflection :
  • the surface onto which an image is projected be treated to reduce specular surface reflections.
  • the rear surface of the diffuser 501 (FIG. 5) or diffuser substrate 602 (FIG. 6) has been treated to have a matte texture.
  • the matte surface tends to reduce specular reflection.
  • an AR coating may be applied to the surface as an alternative or additional way to reduce specular reflections of the image projected onto the screen assembly.”
  • the ambient light (from both direct and indirect sources), after passing through the polarizer, strikes the proximal face of the diffuser, is further redirected through the bulk of the diffuser, and then strikes the distal face of the diffuser. If the distal face is not index-coupled to its adjacent component, then the Fresnel reflection will send ⁇ 4% of the ambient light back through the diffuser, the polarizer and to the viewer. Since the diffuser preserves the polarization state, much of the 4% Fresnel reflection gets back through the polarizer, causing a loss in high ambient contrast. Therefore, in order to achieve high ambient light rejection, the diffuser is preferably index-coupled (e.g. AR- coated in the case of a rear projection screen) at both faces.
  • index-coupled e.g. AR- coated in the case of a rear projection screen
  • the diffusion feature within the optical stack must be kept below a maximum thickness (dependent upon the diffusion technology) to avoid a significant loss of resolution (e.g. US Patent No. 3,712,707, Col. 5, lines 37-43 discusses a 40 mil maximum for the diffusion feature described therein).
  • a 0.3 mm (11.8 mil) DR-85C diffuser was used in the testing described herein.
  • the distance between the screen and the liquid crystal layer is preferably minimized (e.g., laminated to the analyzer), and the collimation is sufficient to minimize the information from one pixel mixing with the adjacent pixels (e.g. as discussed in Yamaguchi).
  • FIGs. 4& 5 depict other embodiments of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 shows the use of a volume diffuser in connection with an optical stack used for a rear projection screen.
  • FIG. 5 shows an optical stack in accordance with the present invention that can be employed in a front projection screen application. Note that since the light makes two passes through the diffusing feature, its thickness is necessarily less than a rear-projection configuration, all other things being equal.
  • CLAREX screens can be deformed in order to provide some degree of diffusion asymmetry as discussed in Land, US Patent No. 2,287,556, entitled “Translucent Screen", whose contents are incorporated herein..
  • a further annealing process may be necessary to relieve the stresses that induce birefringence, but the temperature/time profile preferably is such that the material is not permitted to revert back into its initial state.
  • a beam-tilting film can be inserted into the optical path after the light exits the imaging device.
  • volume features e.g. gradient index
  • volume holographic technology offers both low birefringence, and well-controlled diffusion angles. Information about this type of technology can be found in US 6,421,148, which is incorporated herein by reference.
  • non-birefringent electro- optical diffusers or MEMS-based shutters can be used in connection with the several embodiments of this invention.
  • the diffuser and image generation system would be pulse width modulated to be active at the same time, such that during the off periods, the diffuser acts to enhance the ambient light absorbance.
  • a blackened MEMS shutter could be used to absorb ambient light during the off periods. Both frame-sequential and color-sequential operation are contemplated. Design considerations regarding temporal image formation are taught in US Patent No. US6,388,661, Monochrome and color digital display systems and methods", whose contents are incorporated herein to the extent that no conflicts exit.
  • US 6,060, 157 shows how retroreflection-like effects can occur via total internal reflection when ambient light passes through a transparent beaded substrate. This effect was witnessed by the present inventors when a collection of beaded- and non-beaded-screens were illuminated with a sun-gun. The beaded screens showed a strong retroreflection back towards the viewer along the line-of- site, a particularly undesirable effect. A screen in accordance with the present invention, on the other hand, does not show such undesirable retroreflection effects.
  • the surface onto which an image is projected be treated to reduce specular surface reflections.
  • the rear surface of the diffuser 501 (FIG. 5) or diffuser substrate 602 (FIG. 6) has been treated to have a matte texture.
  • the matte surface tends to reduce specular reflection.
  • an AR coating may be applied to the surface as an alternative or additional way to reduce specular reflections of the image projected onto the screen assembly.”
  • FIG. 9 depicts a model that describes a portion of the backscatter that is created from total internal reflection (TIR) off the inventive screen's back-surface.
  • TIR comprises an angle-dependent phase shift (see, e.g., Fundamentals of Photonics, B.E.A. Saleh and M.C. Teich, Wiley Series in Pure and Applied Optics, J.W. Goodman, Editor, p. 208), and it can be further shown that by adding a second polarizer, the diffuse reflectance can be reduced by a factor of 1.6 with only a 20%) penalty in the screen transmission efficiency.
  • Abileah U.S. 5,629,784
  • an air-spaced microstructured film is used to reduce diffuse reflection (col. 10, lines 41-47) :
  • BEF 17 substantially collimates ambient light (e.g. sunlight) hitting the front panel of the display, thereby directing the ambient light directly into the panel. This substantial collimation of ambient light going into the panel substantially reduces the specular and diffused ambient reflection percentage of the display panels of the various embodiments of this invention.
  • ambient light e.g. sunlight
  • AR coating 35 may have a topography similar to that of light scattering or roughened outer surface 33 of diffuser 21 so as to not hinder the light spreading characteristics of diffuser 21, or alternatively, may be provided on a separate glass substrate exterior diffuser 21 as shown in FIG. 1(a). As will be understood by those of skill in the art, such AR coatings may be provided in any of the different embodiments of this invention.”
  • the present invention provides a screen wherein exposed surfaces of topographic form are preferably not be permitted.
  • FIG. 3 shows the cross sectional view of the AMLCD of this Example in that BEF 90/50 17 from 3M and diffuser 21 were disposed interior front polarizer 15, with facets 19 of BEF 17 facing LC layer 9 and roughened surface 33 of holographic diffuser 21 facing the viewer and abutting the interior surface of polarizer 15.
  • Diffuser 21 was the same 100°/30° holographic from POC as previously mentioned.
  • Conventional HEA anti- reflective coating obtained from OCLI, Santa Rosa, Calif, was disposed on the exterior surface of a separate glass sheet, the sheet being adhered to the exterior surface of polarizer 15 via a conventional optical adhesive.
  • Facets 19 of BEF 17 and the ⁇ 50° diffuser axis were aligned horizontally substantially in parallel with one another.
  • the specular and diffused reflections of this AMLCD were tested and turned out to be: specular 30°, about 1.9%; and diffused 30°, about 0.9%.
  • this Example differs from the previous Examples in that polarizer 15 was detached from the panel so that BEF 17 and diffuser 21 could be placed interior thereof.
  • the index matching oil was disposed adjacent both sides of BEF 17, but no oil was placed between polarizer 15 and diffuser 21.”
  • the diffuse reflection measurements on the volume-diffuser based screens of the present invention were performed in a more severe environment.
  • the screen under test is illuminated by diffuse light from an integrating sphere, and the photometer 160 measures normal to the screen, emulating what a human eye would sense in a diffuse environment (albeit without retoreflectance effects).
  • the source is collimated and positioned normal to the screen, while the photometer is positioned at 30 degrees from normal (see Fig. 24 of Abileah).
  • a first-order qualitative reflection model was constructed to understand the measurements.
  • the diffuser was simply modeled having three volume diffusing features: leftmost, middle, rightmost. Also, because of the index matching employed (AR coated cover plates, and adhesive between layers), the fresnel reflections between layers were considered to be insignificant.
  • Ambient light is first filtered by an absorbing element (e.g. polarizer, triple-notch filter or the like), and then strikes the leftmost feature. This energy is then distributed into four regions - a high-angle back-scatter component (B), a shallow-angle back-scatter component (C), a shallow-angle front-scatter component (D), and a high-angle front scatter component (E).
  • B high-angle back-scatter component
  • C shallow-angle back-scatter component
  • D shallow-angle front-scatter component
  • E high-angle front scatter component
  • the scattered component first passes through a polarizer before striking the upper or lower air-interfaces.
  • the low-angle scattered components will reflect off the air- bounded surfaces via total internal reflection (TIR), while the high-angle scattered components exceed the TIR angles and are able to exit the screen.
  • TIR total internal reflection
  • the upper and lower TIR components (F and G respectively) then have a second pass through the absorbers and strike the middle and rightmost scattering sites respectively.
  • the re-scattered components split into the four types of regions as discussed above.
  • the significant re-scattered component in the reflection model is shown as H, which like B would reach the viewer's eye, degrading the ambient contrast of the display. It is assumed that after the second scattering sites, the energy left in the light rays have diminished significantly due to the absorption elements.
  • the existing diffuser demonstrated a discrimination ratio of 5.4 within the larger solid angle captured by the illumination meter.
  • a discrimination ratio of at least 2:1 throughout the viewing zone would ensure a reasonable transmittance as information coded light passes through the optical stack. This is a particularly desirable feature in selecting a diffuser for a high-efficiency screen, especially when the information display transmits or reflects polarized light. Note that if the absorption element were a triple-notch filter, then one would choose a diffuser that had minimal absorption in the pass bands.
  • Figure 12 depicts a first-order qualitative transmittance model that was used to understand the net efficiency of the screens.
  • FIG. 13 illustrates a simple model for calculating contrast ratios in an environment with some degree of specular and/or diffuse ambient illumination.
  • Three cases were modeled assuming a diffuse illumination of 484 lux and a specular illumination of 100 fL, for a display exhibiting a dark ambient contrast of 300:1. The three cases vary both the display's luminance (1, 10, and 100 fL), as well as varying degrees of diffuse reflectance from a viewing screen (from 0.6% to 6%).
  • FIG. 14 shows an exemplary test setup for measuring the screen angular distributions.
  • An optional linear polarizer was used for one set of measurements to simulate a linearly polarized display device.
  • a sunlight simulator was used as the source of collimated light to emulate the projector or a collimated backlight.
  • the measured data for several screens without the optional linear polarizer is shown in FIG. 15. The screens are defined as follows :
  • APDPA - AR/Polarizer/Diffuser/Polarizer/AR polarizers having pass-axis aligned
  • the ADA configuration while extremely efficient, has high ambient light reflectance (9.2%), and so is best suited to dark environments
  • the non-beaded screens have a uniform appearance, while the beaded screens have a "dirty" looking appearance under the same illumination conditions
  • FIG. 16 illustrates the measured data for the same screens measured in
  • the non-beaded screens have a significant efficiency advantage, not to mention the other advantages as described above relative to FIG. 15.
  • a polarized light source with a Digital Micromirror Device (DMD, such as that fabricated by Texas Instruments) system just to gain the high ambient contrast advantages of these non-beaded screens.
  • DMD Digital Micromirror Device
  • the polar plots of FIG. 17 show additional information that was not extracted for illustration in FIGs. 15 and 16. Specifically, the beaded screens show a non-uniform angular response to linearly polarized light, as exemplified by the egg-shaped nature of the two polar plots at the bottom of the right hand column. The non-beaded screens do not show this effect.
  • FIG. 18 is provided to show how retroreflections could be of concern when viewing a display with a beaded screen in a room with windows behind the viewer.
  • a subjective test was constructed whereby an array of screens was arranged on top of a black surface, and then illuminated with a sun-gun.
  • the beaded screens like the non-beaded screens (those using polarizers) had good ambient light rejection, until the sun-gun was placed near the line of sight to the screen. At this point, the beaded screens exhibited a very high reflectance. It is believed that the beaded screens were acting like commercially-available beaded retroreflective sheets (e.g. those used in road signs).
  • geometric concavity means a concavity defined by shaped protrusions which have at least two planar facets, such as prisms, pyramidal protrusions, cube-corner protrusions, and the like. The phrase does not include concavities defined by protrusions which do not include planar facets, such as protrusions present in holographic films.”
  • these dual-effect diffusing/retroreflecting elements are of a size greater than the wavelength of light, and so modify the propagation of light in accordance with Snell's law, and therefore as the elements become smaller, their usefulness in the present application is not expressly discounted since diffraction effects may render the retroreflection as insignificant.
  • a generalization of such dual-effect elements can be describes as elements having regular geometric form.
  • Both Chou and Abileah are examples of screens that use such elements. Specifically, Chou employs microspheres, and Abileah uses a microfaceted (BEF-like) sheet.
  • BEF-like microfaceted
  • Embodiments of the screens according to the instant invention can best be described as a laminate.
  • five (5) sheets are joined via index matching adhesives - AR coated substrate, polarizer, diffuser, polarizer, and AR coated substrate, although a subset of these 5 layers may also be implemented.
  • the diffuser is preferably a cast sheet product, which exhibits minimal stress, thereby minimizing stress-induced birefringence.
  • Polarizing films themselves are known to be constructed as a laminate
  • the test setup shown in FIG. 19 was constructed to measure the retroreflection of a collimated source incident on a screen at various angles.
  • Source 100 projects a collimated beam 125 through a glass substrate 150 coated with Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), onto black flocking paper 200 .
  • ITO Indium Tin Oxide
  • the ITO served to increase the fresnel reflectance towards the screen under test 300, thereby enhancing the signal/noise (S/N) of the measurements.
  • the central ray 135 of collimated beam 125 strikes the ITO substrate at its center 155, and via fresnel reflection, a portion of the beam 140 is directed towards the screen under test 300, and a percentage thereof, 145, reflects back through the ITO substrate to the photometer 400.
  • the screen under test 300 is mounted on a rotary stage 500, and measurements were taken at 10 degree increments, shown plotted in FIG. 20. Note that the black flocking paper significantly improved the S/N of the measurements, precluding reflections from the walls in the vicinity of the test setup from finding their way into the photometer.
  • FIG. 20 shows the normalized response of the retroreflection component from a beaded screen as it is illuminated at various incident angles, and the marked difference to that measured for the APDPA (AR layer, polarizer, diffuser, polarizer, AR layer) configuration of the present invention.
  • the APDPA configuration demonstrated a lower retroreflectance than the beaded screen by a factor of - 5.

Abstract

Ecran de visualisation multicouche à faible diffusion et conservant la polarisation. Un substrat D, de préférence un diffuseur en volume, qui sert à accroître la divergence de lumière codée par des données tout en conservant le sens de polarisation A lorsque la lumière le traverse, présente un rapport de discrimination d'au moins 2:1 dans une zone de visualisation. Un polariseur absorbant prévu sur l'une et/ou l'autre des faces de D est aligné de manière à laisser passer l'état de polarisation A. Dans une forme de réalisation, une couche de déphasage d'état de polarisation, qui sert à changer l'état de polarisation de diffusion vers l'avant et/ou de rétrodiffusion en l'état opposé à A, permet d'assurer une réflexion interne totale dans l'écran de visualisation. La couche de déphasage est placée n'importe où entre le polariseur et la surface la plus extérieure de l'écran traversée par ladite lumière codée par des données.
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